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Apache. Natives of SW North America. Geronimo. Cochise.
Araucanian Wars. 1530-1870. Chile, Argentina. Natives forced onto reservations.
Archangels. Chief angels of Christian, Judaic, Islamic, other religions.
Archidamian War. 431-421BC. Peloponnesian War.
Archidamus II. Spartan king 469-427BC. Conflict w Athens.
Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.
Archons. Ancient Greek chief magistrates.
Arkwright, Richard. 1732-92. Invented power spinning machine, 1769.
Armenian Church. c303. First Christian state church. 506 schism with Rome.
Arminius. 18BC-19 AD. German chief who defeated Varus 9 AD.
Arnim, Bettina von. 1785-1859. German Romantic writer. Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child 1835.
Arnolfo di Cambio. c1245-1302. Architect, Florence Cathedral.
Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.
Artesian Well. Ancient Egypt, China, Persia, Syria.
Ate. Greek goddess of mischief.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Ausgleich. 1867-1918. Split Empire into Austria and Hungary monarchies.
Autumn Harvest Uprising. 1927. Failed Chinese peasant revolt led by Mao.
Avignon Papacy. 1309-77. Popes from Clement V based in Avignon, France. Great Schism.
Bacon, Henry. 1866-1924. US classical revival architect. Lincoln Memorial 1911.
Baker, Herbert. 1862-1946. English architect: Pretoria government buildings; New Delhi.
Bakunin, Mikhail. 1814-76. Russian anarchist revolutionary. International movement. Advocated assassination. Dieu et l’état 1871.
Bakunists. Anarchist faction of Internationals.
Baltard, Victor. 1805-74. French architect. First to employ metal girders: Les Halles. St-Augustine’s Church.
Baltimore Incident. 1891. Chileans attack US seamen; pay reparations to avert war.